POLS 3440 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Library And Archives Canada, Sponsorship Scandal, Watergate Scandal

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3440
• Professor: David Mac Donald

Document Summary

Over the course of political history, there have been political scandals across the globe that have attracted national attention. Canada, too, has produced world-class political scandals with the same degree of drama and significance as other countries, notably the pacific scandal, and the. To begin, the pacific scandal was the first major political scandal after the confederation in. In 1873, the conservative administration of sir john a. macdonald faced charges of accepting illegitimate funds. Macdonald had illegitimately received and accepted campaign funds from sir hugh allan, a successful shipper and financier (collections canada, 2001). Allan was to be guaranteed the contract to build the transcontinental canadian pacific railway in exchange for his contributions to the conservative party (cbc, 2001). This scandal resulted in the resignation of the conservative government (cbc, 2001). The sponsorship scandal is the most recent and significant scandal to date in canada. Sponsorship scandal not only tainted quebec politics, but led to criminal convictions (gomery,